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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the general unemployment rate for March-May 2017 held stable as in the previous period (February-April), at 2.0%; the unemployment rate of local residents was 2.6%, down by 0.1 percentage point. Meanwhile, the underemployment rate was 0.4%, down by 0.1 percentage point.
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According to the statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, investment of Macao residents (including individuals, the government and other legal entities, but excluding Macao’s foreign exchange reserves) in securities issued by unrelated non-residents reached MOP484.7 billion at current market value on 31 December 2016, an increase of 9.4% from 30 June 2016 and 10.5% year-on-year. Among various instruments of portfolio investment, equity securities (including mutual funds and investment trust units), long-term debt securities and short-term debt securities were valued at MOP183.9 billion, MOP285.9 billion and MOP14.9 billion respectively. As compared with end-2015, equity securities and long-term debt securities rose by 8.2% and 15.6% respectively, while short-term debt securities dropped by 30.4%.
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A team from the University of Macau (UM) recently won the championship at the IEEE Mega-Challenge 2017: Smart Cities Competition, which was part of the IEEE RFID 2017 Conference, for their project ‘UHF RFID Based Gesture Control System for Smart City Transportation’. The system uses radio frequency identification to help visually impaired people communicate with the bus station via simple gesture control.
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A team from the University of Macau (UM) recently won the championship at the IEEE Mega-Challenge 2017: Smart Cities Competition, which was part of the IEEE RFID 2017 Conference, for their project ‘UHF RFID Based Gesture Control System for Smart City Transportation’. The system uses radio frequency identification to help visually impaired people communicate with the bus station via simple gesture control.
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Consumer Council conducted its latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ in June on 26 June for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included supermarkets near Horte e Costa, Avenida do Ouvidor Arriaga and Rua da Emenda areas in Santo António Parish.
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Consumer Council conducted its latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ in June on 26 June for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included supermarkets near Horte e Costa, Avenida do Ouvidor Arriaga and Rua da Emenda areas in Santo António Parish.
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The deadline for applications for the “2017 Subsidy Programme for the Production of Original Song Albums”, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), is 11 July (Tuesday), at 5:45pm. All interested parties are welcome to take this chance to apply for the Programme.
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The deadline for applications for the “2017 Subsidy Programme for the Production of Original Song Albums”, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), is 11 July (Tuesday), at 5:45pm. All interested parties are welcome to take this chance to apply for the Programme.
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The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, expressed his concern over the recent landslide in Sichuan Province and conveyed his sympathy to those people affected by the disaster.
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The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, expressed his concern over the recent landslide in Sichuan Province and conveyed his sympathy to those people affected by the disaster.
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